PDP CRISIS: G5 Governors will return to PDP - BAMANGA TUKUR

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has declared that the G7 Governors, those who defected to the All Progressives Congress in particular, will not be missed by the Ruling party.

The recent courtesy visit paid the National Secretariat by the Sokoto state Chapter of the PDP presented the Party Leader with the perfect opportunity to air his views on the matter.

The statement is considered a direct response to the defection of 5 out of the original 7 aggrieved Governors as well as a piece of advise to President regarding ongoing negotiations with the remaining two Governors; Babangida Aliyu of Niger state and Sule Lamido of Jigawa state.

According to the Party Chairman, the President has no cause to worry about the future of the ruling party as the departure of the Governors will not have any significant effect on the party.

He also went on to express confidence that the Givernors who defected will return to the fold of the PDP. On the matter, he said: “People can defect, it’s their right, but soon they will found out that it is not cool in the place they are going. They will soon come to the embrace of the PDP.”

He went on to say: “Sometimes when people have eaten and are satisfied, you know what they will do? They will tell themselves let’s try another place to see whether there is a better food.”

In his message to the President, he said: “Goodluck Jonathan, no fear. Sokoto is behind you. When the Caliphate is behind you, believe me no fear. No fear, no shaking, PDP is our party, it’s a party of choice.”

Reacting to the statements credited to the National Chairman of the PDP, the National Publicity Secretary of the New PDP, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, asked that members of the PDP hold Bamanga Tukur responsible for the impending failure of the party.

He said, “Tukur should be held responsible if the PDP eventually sinks. Don’t forget that it was because of people like him that we abandoned the party’s sinking ship.

“President Jonathan is not helping anyone, including himself, by keeping Tukur as the national chairman of the party. Anyway, their doomsday is near.”